AWO Care Association is pleased about the financial injection

The AWO care association can now look forward to a financial injection of 1,257 euros, which can be used to pay for small help for the people cared for by the AWO. The money comes from the proceeds of the bulky waste exchange organised by the Entsorgungs- und Servicebetrieb Bocholt last weekend. As usual, the proceeds go to a charitable cause. ESB waste advisor Petra Tacke now handed over the sum to Gabriele Theling from the AWO.

The AWO care association supports around 100 people who cannot take care of their own affairs within the framework of legal care. Many live on the edge of the subsistence level. The income from the bulky waste exchange is used to finance unbureaucratic assistance. Gabriele Theling: "A tablet or notebook is often required for training courses. Our clients cannot afford the costs. Another example is therapeutic riding. This helps a lot with mental illnesses. Unfortunately, the health insurance companies do not cover these costs. Even small medical treatments that require a co-payment can be paid for out of the income from the bulky waste exchanges."

For sustainable use

The ESB bulky waste exchange focuses on the longest possible use of consumer goods. Motto: What one person wants to throw away, someone else can still put to good use. With a trained eye, the ESB employees fish out usable and usable items from the deliveries.

"This time there were interesting and special things at the bulky waste exchange," reports waste advisor Tacke. Three suitcases with chips and a matching poker table were particularly eye-catching. The assortment included many board games and pictures that found new buyers.

Next dates for the bulky waste exchange

Two more bulky waste exchanges will take place this year: On Saturday, 30 September, and on Saturday, 25 November, both between 10 am and 12 pm in the vehicle hall of the ESB (Schaffeldstraße 74). Questions can be answered by waste advisor Petra Tacke at Tel 02871 2463-24.

Background: Bulky waste exchanges since 2001

The waste disposal and service company has been organising bulky waste exchanges since 2001. In the first few years, the plan was rather to exchange furniture, but it soon became clear that large pieces of furniture are not suitable for such events. Small pieces of furniture and small parts, on the other hand, quickly found new owners. In order to give the items a different value, the exchange became chargeable in 2005. Since then, a charitable institution in Bocholt has benefited from the income generated. The bulky waste exchange is supported by many volunteers such as the Child Protection Association or the THW youth.